Gunnar Stolze
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Gunnar Stolze
SMART Photonics | Chief Commerical Officer
About the Speaker
Gunnar Stolze joined SMART Photonics in April 2025 as Chief Commercial Officer, overseeing the company’s commercial strategy and execution. He brings over two decades of global experience in the photonics industry.
Before SMART Photonics, Gunnar spent 10 years at Novanta Inc., where he served as Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations for the Photonics Division and General Manager of multiple business units, working across Munich, Boston, and Manchester.
Earlier in his career, Gunnar led market expansion initiatives for GaAs and InP technologies into industrial, consumer, and datacom sectors at Oclaro in Zurich. He began his professional journey at HP/Agilent as an Application Expert for DWDM component testing.
Gunnar holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering from TU Hamburg and an MSc in Physics from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire.
